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Fifth Circuit· 6/10/2022

Crittindon v. LeBlanc

Citations

  • 37 F.4th 177

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the Fifth Circuit “has recognized the clearly established right to timely release from prison”
  • instructing that we must “first look[] to Supreme Court precedent” to “determin[e] what constitutes clearly established law”
  • noting that the Fifth Circuit “has recognized the clearly established right to timely release from prison”
  • explaining how plaintiff must show supervisor was deliberately indifferent in direct participation cases or in cases involving failure to adopt policies
  • relying on Fifth Circuit precedent for the proposition that “it is without question that holding without legal notice a prisoner for a month beyond the expiration of his sentence constitutes a denial of due process”
  • “[I]t is without question that holding without legal notice a prisoner for a month beyond the expiration of his sentence constitutes a denial of due process.”

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